Musical and cultural product of Punk Rock known for its simplistic, brash playstyle and anti-establishment themes. Punk Rock · Art Punk · Post-Punk · Egg Punk

Punk rock is characterized by fast tempos, loud and distorted riffs, simple songs, frequent use of power chords, and shouted vocals. Many groups feature ...

The greatest Punk albums of all time, as voted by RYM/Sonemic users.

Garage punk combines the raw fuzztones of the original Garage Rock bands of the '60s with the tempo and attitude of Punk Rock.

The greatest Punk Rock albums of all time, as voted by RYM/Sonemic users.

Emerged in the late 1970s, often featuring extensive use of yelling or screaming, a stripped-down production style, and very short songs.

Art punk is a relatively vague term used for artists who retain the stripped-down aggression of conventional Punk Rock and combine it with experimentation.

Post-punk tends to place more importance on creating atmosphere and usually has more complex songwriting than punk rock. Post-Punk Revival · Top Post-Punk albums of all time · Alien Soundtracks · Pere Ubu

Proto-punk is a fairly vague term used to describe music that either influenced or resembled Punk Rock before the commercial breakthrough of punk in 1976.

Skate punk describes a style which combines the speed of Melodic Hardcore with the catchiness of Pop Punk.